Gerhard‐Paul Diller

Adults with congenital heart disease: the growing impact of acquired cardiovascular risk factors on late mortality.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: With improved survival, adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) increasingly face acquired cardiovascular risk factors; however, their impact on late mortality remains incompletely defined. This study aimed to evaluate the contribution of acquired cardiov...

Congenital heart disease in adults: evolving health systems and lifelong outcomes.

Over the past decades, advances in the diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart disease have reshaped its epidemiology. Congenital heart disease is now increasingly a chronic, lifelong disorder, with adult survivors outnumbering affected children in many countries. This demogr...